[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s1.98 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.98 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.98 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.98) Ātreya is the patronymic of a pupil of Māṇṭi in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ An Ātreya appears as a Purohita of Aṅga in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.² An Ātreya was regularly the priest in certain rites,³ and an Ātreyī occurs in an obscure passage in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.97) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.99) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) ## Linked texts (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.98) · Pramāṇa